Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer #2 has just been released by Rockstar Games, the servers at Rockstar Games have become slow as over 3 million eager fans attempt to view the second trailer for the most anticipated game of 2007. RockstarWatch has been lucky enough to access the trailer and upload it to YouTube for quick viewing, it can be found here or scroll down. This new article will be update soon with an overview of the new trailer as well as download links for the trailer.
Have an Xbox 360? If you do, Rockstar has added a Grand Theft Auto IV theme and Gamer Pictures to Xbox Marketplace! The best part is, they are both free! Head on over to the the marketplace blade and choose Games and then New Releases. Once there, choose Grand Theft Auto IV. Then you should see the downloads! Here is a preview of the theme! (Thanks goes to Major Nelson for the theme pictures)
When GTA IV hits the internet tomorrow, it won't just be landing on that platform, but also the Xbox Live Marketplace too! It will be made downloadable at 6:00 PM BST and will come along with some new GTA IV gamerpics and a new theme. Brilliant!
Want to know why Sony's machine isn't receiving GTA IV downloadable content? Because Microsoft paid a whopping $50 Million for the exclusive episodes, thats why.
Stock analysis website SeekingAlpha have referenced last weeks press release from Take-Two regarding it's financial results and a conference call in relation to that, where it is revealed that the $50 million “Deferred revenue” figure is actually coming from Microsoft, who will pay Take-Two $25 million for one downloadable episode in March '08 and the other $25 million later on in fiscal '08 for the second episode. We can assume from this that these are likely to be the dates when we will actually receive the content, although it's not certain.
Bad news for Sony fans...
The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV will be released June 28, only about 17 days from now. The splash page was updated today with a count down, be sure to check it out at http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/. The tag line is interesting. "LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE" in the same red text used for the countdown for the first trailer. What could this mean; possible introduction of girlfriend maybe? Introduction of Roman, of maybe the long awaited multiplayer? We'll have to wait and see.
Some analysts think that with the release of Halo 3 being an obvious mega blockbuster, Take-Two may end up pushing GTA IV a couple of weeks behind for financial reasons. It makes sense though, the biggest game of the year is released on Sept. 25th, with GTA IV just 3 weeks behind, money-wise, Take-Two would be better off moving GTA's release date a couple of weeks back to get further away from Halo's sales.
“We believe that it is possible that the company will choose to 'throw in the towel' on FY:07 by shifting the release date for Grand Theft Auto IV by a few weeks, increasing the losses incurred this year and improving the company's prospects for FY:08,” Pachter explained. “We believe that a two-week delay would provide a reasonable gap between the launch of Halo 3 and the launch of GTA IV, and would actually help sales of both games”
But, what do the fans want? Surely not a delay!